 Landzaat in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denny Domingues Landzaat[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-05-06)6 May 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Buitenveldert | |||
| Ajax | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Ajax | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | MVV | 102 | (10) |
| 1999–2003 | Willem II | 139 | (38) |
| 2003–2006 | AZ | 79 | (22) |
| 2006–2008 | Wigan Athletic | 52 | (5) |
| 2008–2010 | Feyenoord | 38 | (5) |
| 2010–2013 | Twente | 50 | (2) |
| 2014 | Willem II | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 461 | (82) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2008 | Netherlands | 38 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Jong AZ (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | AZ (U15) | ||
| 2016–2017 | AZ (U17) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Jong AZ (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Feyenoord (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Al-Ittihad (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Willem II (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Al-Taawoun (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Lech Poznań (assistant) | ||
| 2024 | Ferencváros (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Indonesia (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | Ajax (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Denny Domingues Landzaat (born 6 May 1976) is a Dutch former professionalfootballer and coach who is currently an assistant coach forEredivisie clubAjax. Throughout his playing career, he mostly played as amidfielder.
Landzaat was educated inAjax's youth academy, but only played one league match for the club before moving on to have lengthy spells withMVV,Willem II andAZ. He was AZ's captain in the2005–06 season, as they finished second in theEredivisie.[2]
Landzaat joinedPremier League clubWigan Athletic on 18 July 2006 for an undisclosed fee, thought to be £2.5 million. He signed a three-year contract with the club.[2] He scored his first goal for Wigan againstReading in a 2–3 loss on 30 January 2007.[3] He followed this with a 30-yard strike at theEmirates Stadium in a 1–2 defeat toArsenal on 11 February.[4] On 18 August 2007, Landzaat converted a penalty againstSunderland to score his first home goal for Wigan at theJJB Stadium.[5] He also scored the first goal in Wigan's 5–3 win over local rivalsBlackburn Rovers.[6]
On 25 January 2008, Landzaat returned to the Netherlands to joinFeyenoord for a £1 million transfer fee.[7] He signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal for Feyenoord on his debut, in the 3–3 draw againstHeracles on 24 February 2008.
After his contract with Feyenoord expired, Landzaat signed a one-year deal withTwente in August 2010, which was extended during the season and again in the following season. He won theKNVB Cup in2010–11.
After his contract with Twente expired in the summer of 2013, Landzaat was unable to find a new team for the start of the 2013–14 season. However, on 16 January 2014, he signed a contract withWillem II until the end of the season. He retired from professional football at the end of the season, having been a part of the team that helped Willem II back to the Eredivisie.
Landzaat was a member of the Dutch squad at the1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. Landzaat also competed in the2006 World Cup. On 21 May 2008, Landzaat was released fromMarco van Basten'sUEFA Euro 2008 provisional squad.[8]
Landzaat ended his career in the summer 2014 and then signed a contract withAZ Alkmaar until 2017 as an individual coach for the first team and forJong AZ.[9] One year later, he was also appointed assistant manager toMartin Haar forJong AZ.[10]
From January 2016, he became manager of AZ's U15 team but still retained his coaching role for the Jong and first team's and also as assistant manager forJong AZ.[11] In the summer 2016, he then took charge of the club's U17 squad and beside that, he also functioned as assistant manager underDanny Blind for theNetherlands national football team in an advisor role.[12] In the summer 2017, he signed a new one-year contract and was appointed assistant manager forJong AZ, once again underMartin Haar.[13]
In the 2018–19 season, Landzaat was appointed assistant toGiovanni van Bronckhorst.[14]Jaap Stam was appointed manager for Feyenoord in the summer 2019. When Stam stepped down on 28 October 2019, Landzaat also did.[15] One week later, he was appointed assistant manager ofHenk ten Cate atSaudi Professional League clubAl-Ittihad.[16]
On 19 June 2022, he was announced as the assistant manager underJohn van den Brom at PolishEkstraklasa defending championsLech Poznań.[17][18] On 18 December 2023, one day after van den Brom's dismissal, Landzaat left the club by mutual consent.[19]
On 8 January 2025, Landzaat was appointed as an assistant coach for theIndonesia national team underPatrick Kluivert.[20]
Landzaat was born and raised inAmsterdam. He is of Indonesian descent through hisMoluccan mother.[21]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ajax | 1995–96 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MVV | 1996–97 | Eerste Divisie | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Eredivisie | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 4 | |||
| 1998–99 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 102 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 11 | ||
| Willem II | 1999–2000 | Eredivisie | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 29 | 4 | |
| 2000–01 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 12 | ||||
| 2001–02 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 37 | 18 | ||||
| 2002–03 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 42 | 6 | |||
| 2003–04 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 18 | 5 | |||
| Total | 139 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 45 | ||
| AZ Alkmaar | 2003–04 | Eredivisie | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | ||
| 2004–05 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | – | 47 | 15 | |||
| 2005–06 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 12 | ||
| Total | 79 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 30 | ||
| Wigan Athletic | 2006–07 | Premier League | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 53 | 5 | ||||
| Feyenoord | 2007–08 | Eredivisie | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 14 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 27 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 7 | ||
| Twente | 2010–11 | Eredivisie | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 2 | – | 44 | 4 | |
| 2011–12 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 50 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 5 | ||
| Willem II | 2013–14 | Eerste Divisie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 470 | 82 | 37 | 11 | 54 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 568 | 103 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 September 2004 | Stadion Galgenwaard,Utrecht, Netherlands |  Liechtenstein | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Ajax
MVV
Feyenoord
Twente
Willem II
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